Stony Brook University Fashion Design

Greetings to all,

I would like to welcome each of you to the 2025-2026 academic year at the Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Korea campus. With the Fall 2025 semester in full swing, it’s exciting to know that we are enjoying the return of faculty, staff, and students to our vibrant college campus. I am confident that our shared experience will be meaningful and rewarding for all.

For those of you returning to SUNY Korea, I am glad to have you back again and for those new students who are just joining our community, I encourage you to make the most of your time here. Your college experience will be what you make it, and your opportunities will only be limited by the limits you place on yourself.

As the summer comes to a close and we prepare together for the coming academic year, I wish to take this opportunity to welcome you to FIT SUNY Korea. The start of the school year is always a special time on campus, with new students and faculty, new relationships and exciting conversations beginning anew after the summer months.

FIT is widely recognized as a premier educational Institution for fashion and related fields. We are part of the State University of New York (SUNY). The college was founded in 1944. And this year we will be celebrating our 81st anniversary.

Along with Milan and Florence, SUNY Korea is FIT’s third location abroad and it extends the college’s global reach. SUNY Korea was established in March of 2012. SUNY was the first America University in Korea, and this is SUNY’s first global campus outside of the United States.

FIT has built an inclusive community in which students engage with, learn from, and inspire each other. We are empowering our students to discover how their differences and similarities promote creativity, intellectual and personal growth, and understanding. Let me say here that I don’t want your experience here at FIT SUNY Korea to be a burden. I recognize that this is a special moment in your lives. This moment in your life is not only about getting a degree, but also about the entire college experience. So, go out and learn, grow, experience, and enjoy this moment for it may very well turn out to be one of the happiest moments of your life.

As the International Program Chair my goal is to make our students among the very best in the world. This year, FIT SUNY Korea welcomes an outstanding incoming class as well as our current group of Junior students. We are proud to welcome an extraordinary first-year undergraduate class, selected from a talented and diverse pool of applicants. We are equally proud of the current students who have pioneered the way.

Finally, this will be a very busy time for all of us, but I hope you will be certain to introduce yourselves, to me, as the opportunity presents itself. You can always drop by during the year and join me for a Chat and Chew session – an opportunity for me to learn more about you, your plans for your future, and to answer your questions.

I look forward to an enriching, productive, and SAFE semester. Together, let’s make it a great semester.